Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount (Poros, Greece)

The Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount (Known locally as "Zoodochos Pigis", Gr. 'η Μονή Ζωοδόχου Πηγής Καλαυρείας') is an attractive 18th-century monastery at Kalavrias, 4km east of the main city on Poros island, in Greece. It was founded in 1720 AD by His Grace ArchbishopIakovos II of Athens (1713-1734) around the island's only spring.

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History

This history of the monastery dates back to the beginning of the 18th-century when a bishop of Athens, Iakovos II, was cured by drinking water from a spring at that location. The Archbishop was suffering from an illness called lithiasis [1]. From his gratitude he founded the monastery in that location. [2]